This past Saturday night, I found myself at beloved Montreal bar Le Social taking in the rarest of cultural events: hip-hop concert/art sale. The party was organized by llama Ink, a collective of local artists whose stated mission is to put art back in the hands of youth, who for years have been pushed out of being able to buy and collect original artwork due to its prohibitive cost. When I spoke to an organizer who introduced himself as Peter, he told me that Llama Ink also acts as a way for artists to be able to express themselves without having to compromise. “We’re trying to take the ‘starving’ out of ‘starving’ artist.” [ Continue Reading ]